December 2022 – Page 2 – Swine in Minnesota

Improving M. hyopneumoniae diagnostic capabilities by harnessing the infection dynamics

In this concise and straight-forward review for The Veterinary journal, Dr. Garcia-Morante in collaboration with the MycoLab at the UMN shares the latest knowledge around Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae infection and what the best practices for diagnosis are. The full article is available on the journal’s website.

Highlights

This review updates M. hyopneumoniae infection diagnosis and dynamics.
Understanding M. hyopneumoniae infection dynamics is critical for diagnosis.
Final diagnosis is based on clinical observations aligned with laboratory results.
Laboratory tests are useful for detection of asymptomatic carriers.

Summary: The impacts of viral infection and subsequent antimicrobials on the microbiome-resistome of growing pigs

This is our Friday rubric: every week a new Science Page from the Bob Morrison’s Swine Health Monitoring Project. The previous editions of the science page are available on our website.

The Science Page this week describes a study done by Tara N. Gaire, Carissa Odland, Bingzhou Zhang, Tui Ray, Enrique Doster, Joel Nerem, Scott Dee, Peter Davies and Noelle Noyes and sheds some light on the antimicrobial resistances carried by the pig’s microbiome after disease and treatment.